March 2011 - rolling on into the second trimester

[Muser]

We filled the first thread, time for a new one. Anyone and everyone due in March 2011 are welcome.

I've found you all again! I went on holiday, came back and found that this group had filled up and I couldn't find where you'd all congregated. I've got a lot of catching up to do so will read back through threads but hello again all!

I hope everyone is well. We had our scan at 13 weeks and was very very exciting. Got the DVD & pics and it was moving loads. Blood tests fine too and I no longer feel sick. Loving this bit.

I'm 16 weeks now- have a right little tum already.

Will write more when I've read other people's news.

K

I'm glad it went well Emma. Congrats on your baby boy :)

catherine the form can be given at 25 weeks even if you are not due an appt the mw can leave it at reception for you. It is usually in your bank account within a week

I have 11 weeks until my next mw appt and 5 weeks until anomaly scan I will almost be 22 weeks by then.

Muser & Emma very glad to hear about your scans. Fantastic.

Welcome back KPidgeon glad you found us.

Catherine I think I'm clearly showing a small(ish) preggy tum now. However a coupla of comments recently from random people indicate that no, I just look fat Oh well.

emma congrats on your boy!!
1catherine1 Umm yes have definite bump now, although some have said my god you're huge and some said your'e tiny i was much bigger at your stage!! I am almost halfway now though!! 19+5, on pg#4 (2 m/c) so would expect to have a tummy by now!!

sam26oscar I also have a very real bump!It's a definite 'bump'... it comes straight out in front of me like a mini football! DS was a rather large baby and the consultant believes this one is too so I really had no chance of having a teeny bump! Apparently if you're shorter in height you always show sooner anyway as everything (baby, water, placenta etc) doesn't have as much room as in a taller person (where it can move up if that makes sense?!). I used to be quite self conscious about it but now I embrace it! I'm 19 weeks on Thurs

Congratulations to everyone that has had positive scans, it's so exciting to hear everyone's news! If you find out the gender will you update the list please? It will be so much fun tracking the pink/blue/surprise bumps as we get nearer our due dates!

Welcome back KP!

We go to Disneyland Paris tomorrow and then are back in time for my 20 week scan next week - a bit apprehensive but trying not to think about it.

Love to split, thinking of you x

I hope everyone has a good week.

1catherine1 just read on another thread about your sore boobs and the council won't turn heating up, i am so with you on the pain in the cold!!!! Took DS swimming to local pool and had to get out after 15 mins and sit on the side in a towel as my nips felt they were burning, it was actually so painful i felt ill.Anyone else still got sore/painful boobs???!!

spilt i've just read your terribly sad news, and found it impossible not to well up. You're an incredibly brave lady, and it sounds like your DH is a great pillar of support for you. May you both find comfort and recovery soon.

I have been out of the loop of this thread for a long while (i'm going to admit it...i totally forgot it existed!- baby brain already?!!?!). Bump is growing nicely. DH bought me a doppler and we've had fun playing hunt the bean. Anomaly scan is on tuesday and we'll find out the gender then too. Great to see so many of us are over the sickness and starting to get into the swing of things.
Hello again!

Sam it just occurred to me that in no other circumstances would that be an acceptable topic of conversation. It made me giggle. Gotta love pregnancy.

Council are always the same. When they are told to cut costs nobody ever thinks to tell them you can't do this by making your employees cold. Last year the cold got so bad that I took in a mini radiator for my desk. Then spent 5 hours a day justifying it to 150 different children who all thought they were entitled to one too. This year since my pregnancy means I spend more time teaching at my desk (back pain if I stand up for too long) I expect it to be worse since quite often last year it was the moving around that made me warm. I think now my boobs are more sore than they were at the start of pregnancy this is due to my boobs have increased in size in the last week so my bra is squashing them (will have to go out shopping at weekend) and the change in weather :(

I've read through a bit now and some happy news out there and some really sad- I'm so sorry Split. Very hard to read without crying for you. My thoughts go to you.

I've got a proper bump too- I'm 16 weeks but have had to wear maternity trousers since about 9 weeks. I think it totally depends on your build and your uterus position and stuff doesn't it. It's really obvious to me and my friends and hubby but not so obvious that people are giving up their seats on the tube. Ho hum!

Think I've been really lucky and not had sore boobs at all- they got bigger in the first 4/5 weeks but no growth since then. Can't complain about no pain though.

Anyone else keeping the gender a surprise? We're determined too but a couple of friends who already have children are leaning on us to find out.

Welcome back coraltoes! I've been away for about 5 weeks too.

Evianbaby enjoy Eurodisney. I love it there.

Are other people still eating a lot more? I try to keep it healthy but some idiot lady in my work watched me eat my pasta lunch (at lunchtime) after she saw me have toast when I got into work that morning and told me I'd have an 11 lb baby if I carry on like that. The cheek!

DVD!!!! you lucky thing kpidgeon jealous!

Spilt I am so very sorry to hear about Bobbie, and wish you all the very best. Please take care x

I had my 16-wk midwife appt last week and heard baby's heartbeat. I have my 20-wk scan on 4th November so a little more time to wait.

i know what you mean about bra shopping, just can't be arsed tbh!cant be arsed with a lot of things really!!! Have just started to think that may have to invest in some maternity tops as some of my tops make me look fat rather than pg, watch out e-bay!!!

KPidgeon how rude is that lady??!! in my current mood, i would probably have told her not to be some damn rude!!
i am determined not to find out sex of this one , we didn't with DS but DH wants to know, along with the whole of family, just me that wants it to be a surprise.
So, of course, that makes me dig my heels in even more hehe!

Evianbaby will you be finding out, i ask because my bump is all out front too, just as it was when pg with DS just wondering if those are having girls, are carrying differently to those carrying boys???

Also has anyone, when feeling baby moving, had the feeling that the little bugger angel, is bell ringing on the umbilical cord, and can feel it from the inside, iyswim??

Hello everyone

spilt, as ever, thoughts with you at this difficult time. Hope you are getting through it as well as can be expected.

I felt movement from the outside for the first time this morning! Was lying on my back in bed with my hand on my tummy (trying to pretend that DD was not calling mummmeeee! at 5.45am) and felt a bash from the inside and felt it outside as well! That's the first time this preg- I'm 19+6. I nearly woke DH up to have a feel, but he was dead to the world and didn't get in till 1 last night, so thought better of it!

I have a definite bump now- more noticeable at the end of the day but there all the time. Am off into town in a bit to buy new maternity bras and a pair of maternity jeans- if I can find such a thing to fit me. It seems that in this city preg ladies don't come any taller than 5'5''. Or they like to wear their jeans on the short side!

We don't have our anomoly scan till we'll be 22 wks- I think the MW who should have booked it didn't as I was all over the place at the time thinking that the preg was not going to go anywhere. Although we have had all the chomosomes looked at and we know the baby is 'genetically normal' I have this nagging fear that they will find something at the scan. It doesn't feel like anyone has at any point really looked very carefully at the whole baby. But I can't really remember if that happens normally before the 20wk scan or not?

DD is being really sweet at the moment, she is 18mo and is really starting to communicate (in her own little language) and to take part in games and adventures. I keep looking at her and wondering how I am ever going to love another child as much as I love her. And worrying that she will not be as happy when she has a sibling. There's no way round the fact that it is going to be hard at first, with her and a newborn. Anyone else fretting about this? I just want her to still be as loved and happy as she is now. I guess I need some techniques for that really. Am already planning a little box of toys and magazines for just when I am BFing- any other ideas?

Well, I am procrastinating as we are doing a car boot this wkend and I am meant to be clearing out the cupboard at the end of the hall, and planning my week at school next week.

Fellow teachers- have you decided when you are going to go on ML? Are you going to attach it to Feb half term? I'm still not 100% sure what to do, so just wandered!

Take care everyone.

My February half term starts 21st of February until the 27th and since I'm not due until the 20th March I think a month is too early for me to start. To be honest staying at home drives me crazy so I intend on going back to work for 2 weeks after half term and then start my maternity leave a week before the baby is due. The advantage of this is that I can take the 18 weeks of paid leave and then return to work a week and a half before the summer holidays start where we will spend that time out on trips or watching films or other such pointless activities. I actually hate the first two weeks of July since the kids stop wanting to work and the teachers are still expected to teach. I also really want to spend as much time with my baby as possible when he/she comes since its my first and I'm going to need plenty of time to get to grips with what I have to do. I'm not afraid of admitting that I'm petrified of becoming a parent. I'm hoping it will come naturally though.

The other day I was convinced I just looked like I was fat now depending on the time of the day I'm not so sure. First thing in the morning when I look in the mirror I feel like its a bump emphasised by my weight. I think I have gained a bit of weight due to me being less active because of my pregnancy back problems. Last thing in the evening though, I just look like I've eaten too much. :(

Split I was really sorry to hear what has been happening. Your story has really affected me and I was imagining how it happened and how horrible it must have been going home. I dreamt it was happening to me at night. Nonetheless, I am sure you will find the strength from within and from those around you. Take care and be patient with yourself if you can at this difficult time.

Yesterday I had my 18wk appt with midwife. It took her a while to find the heartbeat of the baby. I swear my own heart stopped until she did. I was already imagining being sent for an urgent scan! Anyways, all seemed well and results from bloods were ine. I can' wait for the 20wk scan which is on 28.10.

I really want time to pass quickly at the moment - and although I'm v busy with work.. my mind is clearly elsewhere!

I'm leaving school when we break up for christmas holidays! 1st half went a bit slow, now I can't believe I only have about 7 weeks left. Not planning to go back (one day maybe) so that we can be free to travel back/forth to America to my family and not be tied into school holidays. enjoy it while we can I guess!

Am actually going back home one week today to get pampered by my own mummy and her friends are throwing me a huge baby shower, so will have to take an empty suitcase to bring back all the loot.

Next scan on Tues, next week, day before I leave!

I'm addicted to feeling the movements. can't wait until end of the day when we are sat in front of telly and i can focus on it. of course, worry when I don't feel anything

Hellos!
I actually have nothing to say so that's it really, just hi and hope you're all ok. :)

Larty74 Our NHS antenatal clinic at the hospital offered DVDs. I thought everyone could get them now. It is lovely watching it again but there is a limit to the people who I can bore with are interested in watching the DVD- my brother and parents so far!

I'm only 16 weeks but I'm trying so hard to feel the baby move! It's my first but if I sit still I can sort of feel ripples. Do you think it's my imagination? I'd love to hear people's descriptions of what it feels like.

jeffily I don't have any other children but I remember how much I adored my little brother and how he idolised me when we were tiny (we still are a bit like that- well I adore him, don't think the idolising thing is there now!) I'm sure your second little one will be a great addition to your daughter's life. Especially as she's only 18 months old- pretty soon she'll have a little companion. I hope to have at least 2 kids (let's see if I get through the first labour!) - learning to share you is a good thing. Really sorry if I'm talking out of turn here as I can't know what you're feeling but your idea of getting a box ready for her already is so thoughtful and nice- I'm sure it will all be fine.

KPidgeon I have found with both of my pregnancies that the first feelings of the baby moving were much lower than I expected, and more evident when I sat down for 20 mins or so with a cuppa and some choccie!!

jeffily I'm glad you brought that up - my ds1 is 16 months now and I worship him, am loving every second with him, he's so funny I'm thinking the next baby has no chance!! But it seems to be such a common worry that I'm hoping it sorts itself out. At the beginning with ds1 I didn't even like him that much for the first month or so, and now look at us!! I am worried about bfing though - reckon Peppa Pig will be on a bit more than normal...

I'm feeling really good now, a different woman to a month ago. Going into week 18, bump and kicks emerging, it makes such a difference not feeling sick anymore...!

Jeffily - my DD is 2 months and I have exactly the same worries. As Lozario says though, I'm sure it will sort itself out when the baby is here! But she gazes into my face all excited and enjoying having the world revolve around her and I feel guilty about potentially destroying that. Know I'm being silly, but can't quite shake the feeling!

Oh dear, the Chilean miners combined with Spilt's story = bit of a mess.

Just want to send lots of love to ALL of you today.

Pip

You put it so well there pushme- that's exactly it. She is just so happy at the moment, I know that she will appreciate a sibling later but I do worry about the first bit with a new baby.(your LO is not really 2 mo! That should be 21/22/23 surely! ) KPidgeon thanks for you lovely words. I must be emotional today as they brought a tear to my eye! I have a sister close in age as well, and she is one of my best friends now. I don't remember any trauma from her being born either- sometimes it is just hard to translate your own experience into your potential future IYSWIM. DH is keen on the idea of getting her a big present from the baby, so she has a new toy to play with and feels that the baby loves her straight away. Doesn't really go with my usual parenting style (which I hope is minimalist, but think others would call stingy!) but I can see the appeal...

catherine I wasn't frightened about becoming a parent before I did, but that was because I was wafting about in a haze of total ignorance of what it involved! If I had had an iota of sense pre- baby I would have been frightened too. But the good things, the joy and the depth of love that it brings to your life is impossible to communicate. You are in for the ride of your life!

I'm of your stopping work at Xmas larty my EDD is 3rd March, so am thinking that I will go to half term (which is about 3 wks before I think) but DD was 6 wks prem so might not get that far!

Kagey your 20 week scan is a day before mine :) I'm counting down already! Wishing it here which in turn wishes away my half term holidays but I don't care, I can't wait!!

Can anyone describe what the baby moving actually feels like and when it can be felt? 17 weeks now and I have had odd pains that last for a couple of seconds then go around where I think the baby should be. I got worried and my OH suggested it could just be the baby fidgeting and upsetting my insides! I'd like to think he's right but surely a little thing like that can't do that. Someone said it was a butterfly feeling but in all honesty I have no idea what that means.

and thank you jeffily that is in some way reassuring :) I am really excited about being a mum and am just hoping it'll all be ok!